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S. ROMAN. 01am MOLD.

(No Model.)

No. 243,726. Patented July 5', 1881.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL ROMAN, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

CIGAR-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,726, dated July 5, 1881.

Application filed March 28, 1881. (No model.)

To all'w'hom ti may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ROMAN, of the city of Montreal, in the district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Oigar-Molds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. It has long been the wishof cigar manufacturers to devise some means whereby the amount of tobacco now required to be used in binders could be lessened, and at the same time a bunch be produced perfect in all respects and capable of being handled without fear of breaking.

. To attain this end, and to economize not only in material and weight, but in labor, and to produce a cigar which will be certain to smoke freely,is the object of my invention, which may be thus described.

In the lower half of the ordinary cigar-mold, which generally containsfrom twenty to twentyfive cells, I place a lining of silk, cotton, linen, or any substance flexible enough to conform to the contour of the molds, which lining may be in one continuous strip and fastened at one end of the series of molds or cells, and extending over the whole surface of same; or it may be made up of separate pieces, one for each cell, one end of each piece being in this case, by preference, attached to the division walls between the several molds or cells. On top of this'lining I place a binderlarge enough just to cover the bunched tobacco forming the filler, which is then put in. The edges of the binder are turned over on top of the filler and the upper mold-board is put in place, the whole being then pressed in the usual manner; or I may vary this process by making the bunch in the usual way on the board, using a binder only sufficient to cover the filler, (taking care not to roll the same, which would involve loss of time and then place the bunch thus made into the mold on top of the lining and press in the ordinary manner. After the bunches made in either of these ways have been pressed for the desired time they can be turned by pulling on the end or ends of the lining, and when they are lit for use can be lifted out of the molds in the same manner, the whole operation being performed without the least chance of the bunches breaking, and whether the end of the lining be fastened or not, the pulling on its free end will, in the act of lifting the bunch or bunches out of the mold, turn or roll the same according to the depth of the mold. The upper mold is in all cases removed when this lifting takes place. Should the binder be too damp when placed in the mold, when pressed the lining will absorb the extra moisture, thus enabling me to work the bunch in a shorter space of time than is involved at present.

For full comprehension of the invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a top view of the lower moldboard with a continuous lining in place; Fig. 2, a section through upper and lower moldboards; and Fig. 3 is a section of lower molds, showing separate lining for each cell.

Similarletters ofreferenceindicate like parts.

A is the lower mold-plate, a a being the molds in which the bunches are placed.

B is a strip of silk, cotton, linen, or any suit- .able material, of a length sufficient, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to fit into all the molds, and thus extend right across the whole series of molds, being fastened 0r secured at one end of the board or not, as desired, or made up of separate pieces, (one piece for one or more of the cells, as preferred,) which may, as shown in Fig. 3, be secured to the division-walls between the cells.

C C show the binders, which, as before mentioned, may be just long enough to cover the filler and overlap.

D is the filler, and E the upper mold-plate, of the usual conformation.

I am aware that a lining of tobacco or a composition of the same has been used in connection with cigar-molds and laid therein; but in this case the lining becomes the permanent wrapper or binder of the cigar, differing both in nature and purpose from my invention.

What I claim is as follows:

In combination with the lower mold of a cigar-bunching apparatus, a lining formed of a continuous strip of suitable flexible material for a series of cells, and adapted for continued use in the same apparatus, and fitting into the cells of the mold, as and for the purposes set forth.

SAMUEL ROMAN.

Witnesses:

P. ARTHUR KELLOND, OWEN N. EVANS. 

